Question

Parties and social gatherings no longer excite us the same way they once did. This is not due to a lack of desire to socialize, but the smartphone.

At parties, more people are on their smartphones than on their drinks. According to a recent International Data Corporation study, well over half of all Americans have a smartphone and reach for it the moment they wake up, keeping it in hand all day. In addition, too much of society is using smartphones while driving and as a result getting into car crashes. 34 percent of teens admit to text while driving, and they confirm that text messaging is their number one driving interruption. People's attachment to their smartphones is unbelievably becoming more important than the lives of themselves and others.

Just as drivers dismiss the importance of focusing while on the road, many people also fail to recognize the significance of human interaction. When with their friends, some people pointlessly check or send text messages in the presence of a friend, which sends a message to that friend: the person I am texting is more important than you. In addition, relying on our smartphone to make friends does not give us the same advantage as being able to make new friendships in the real world. Face-to-face conversations will give us much stronger communication skills in the long run.

As many people risk their lives and the lives of people around them just to send a text or mindlessly check their massages, smartphones are in many ways more dangerous to people. The quality of this technology is de-advancing societal achievements and weakening the value of communication. Not only is the smartphone affecting our desire to interact (交流) face-to-face but it is also lowering society's ability to communicate.

1.The purpose of this text is to ______.

A. call for an end to use the smartphone while driving

B. express concern about the overuse of the smartphone

C. appeal to us to pay attention to communication skills

D. advise us to be cautious about the addiction to the smartphone

2.The second paragraph is developed by ______.

A. comparing facts

B. listing figures

C. giving examples

D. analyzing the effects

3.The author advice us to make new friends ______.

A. by using smartphones

B. in different ways

D. under a free circumstance

D. in a face-to-face way

4.Over dependence on the smartphone leads to the fact that ______.

A. parties and gatherings limit their social circle

B. people's communication skills are weakened

C. people are more and more narrow-minded

D. face-to-face communication becomes less important

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要關注的是智能機的過度使用。與以往相比，聚會不再令人感到興奮，這并非因為人們?nèi)鄙俳煌�的欲望，而是因為智能機的出現(xiàn)。

1.well over half of all Americans have a smartphone and reach for it the moment they wake up, keeping it in hand all day. In addition, too much of society is using smartphones while driving...People's attachment to their smartphones...”和第三段“many people also fail to recognize the significance of human interaction”及最后一段可知，文章主要講的是過度使用智能手機的問題，故選B。

2.more people are on their smartphones than on their drinks...well over half of all Americans have a smartphone...too much of society is using smartphones while driving...”可知，第二段列舉了晚會上的情形、美國民眾的行為習慣、邊開車邊使用智能機等例子來說明人們對智能機的依賴，故選C。

3.relying on our smartphone to make friends does not give us the same advantage as being able to make new friendships in the real world. Face-to-face conversations will give us much stronger communication skills in the long run.”可知，作者認為使用智能機交友不如面對面的交談對人們的幫助大，說明作者建議人們通過在現(xiàn)實生活中面對面地交談來結(jié)交朋友，故選D。

4.Not only is the smartphone affecting our desire to interact (交流) face-to-face but it is also lowering society's ability to communicate.”可知，智能機不僅影響人們面對面交流的欲望，而且降低了人們交流的能力，故選B。

考點：社會類短文閱讀